val189 wrote:

> When you have to make this kind of arrangement and get a house sold, I
> think one has to move with determination and speed. The daughter took
> the first offer and was glad to be done with it. (House was in her
> name along with the father's, so she was able to act as quickly as she
> did.)

When my mother died last year my brother, who was executor, put the
house up for sale within days. AAMOF, she died very early on a Friday
and he and I met with the realtor on Saturday afternoon, and it was sold
within the week with a closing date three months later. If we had known
that it would sell so fast we would have asked a lot more for it.

My wife thought that we moved too fast on it, but that was not her call.
To hold on to the unit longer would have meant having to pay taxes,
condo fees, utilities etc for the duration. Hell, my parents were pretty
good at finances and have approved of the fiscal responsibility.